Lead Product Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$163,100–$218,700 / yr
Posted
52 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Oct 31, 2026

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $202k
This role $191k
$155k most similar roles pay here $235k

This role pays less than 77% of similar roles. Most pay $192,050–$211,342 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $191k versus about $202k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is a diversified global entertainment and media enterprise operating in segments including Disney Parks, Experiences and Products; Entertainment (ABC, Hulu, Disney+); and ESPN. Industry: Entertainment & Media

The Walt Disney Company currently has 118 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,700–$199,400 across 118 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Lead Product Software Engineer

As a Lead Product Software Engineer within the Product Engineering team, you will lead major projects to build an analytics platform used across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. You will design and deliver agentic analytics experiences, including natural-language dashboard authoring and AI-generated insights with human-in-the-loop reviews. Your role involves building a performance-tuned React front end, Node.js services, and integration layers over BI and data-warehouse stacks to ensure high-cardinality views load quickly. You will utilize TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or Java while managing complex architectural decisions regarding rendering, caching, and API contracts. The work focuses on creating a configuration-driven system that transforms ambiguous business questions into durable systems. You will also mentor engineers, drive technical standards, and implement agentic engineering workflows to solve complex problems in the domain of data-rich dashboarding and automated analytics.

What you'll do

  • Design and deliver agentic analytics experiences including natural-language dashboard authoring and AI-generated insights.
  • Build a machine-readable representation of metrics to enable reliable AI-driven data exploration.
  • Lead projects end-to-end by translating ambiguous requirements into technical specifications and architectural designs.
  • Develop full-stack features across React front-ends, Node.js services, and complex data-integration layers.
  • Create configuration-driven systems that allow new dashboards to ship via configuration rather than custom code.
  • Optimize performance for high-cardinality views through advanced caching, batching, and streaming rendering techniques.
  • Mentor engineers and senior staff through code reviews, pair programming, and technical knowledge sharing.
  • Establish and enforce engineering standards for code quality, testing, observability, and web accessibility.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a comparable field.
  • At least 7 years of experience building highly scalable, performant full-stack web applications for millions of users.
  • Proven track record of delivering agentic analytics solutions using LLMs or agents in production.
  • Expert-level proficiency in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js across the full stack.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers at all levels through code reviews and feedback.
  • Experience architecting sophisticated technical changes and driving cross-team consensus on technical approaches.
  • Strong performance-engineering fundamentals including rendering, data fetching, caching, and request batching for high-traffic systems.
  • Proficiency in Python or Java for back-end services, data tooling, or integrations.

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